Differential diagnosis by unenhanced FLAIR T2-weighted magnetic resonance images between solitary high grade gliomas and cerebral metastases appearing as contrast-enhancing cortico-subcortical lesions

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 713-717

  Muccio, Carmine Franco ^a   Tarantino, Annachiara ^b,c   Esposito, Gennaro ^a   Cerase, Alfonso ^d  

^a Unit of Neuroradiology   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^c Centro DITAR Srl Radiologia Diagnostica Medica   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral metastases; Fluid attenuated inversion recovery; Gadolinium enhancement; High grade gliomas

Indexed keywords

GADOBUTROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; COLON CANCER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FLUID ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERY T2; GLIOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLITARY HIGH GRADE GLIOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79959797209     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-010-0454-8     Document Type: Article

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